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Lily Myers, performing for Wesleyan University at the 2013College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. This poem was awarded Best LovePoem at the tournament.
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published:18 Apr 2013

views:5644149

I Carry Your HeartWith Me -- A poem by E.E.Cummings.
About the poet -- Edward Estlin Cummings (1894 -- 1962) was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Cummings' poetry often deals with themes of love and nature, as well as the relationship of the individual to the masses and to the world. Modernism prevailed major part of his work.
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published:07 Jun 2012

views:391904

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. From primes to proper pop-up purple paper people, Harry Baker performs his a pun-tastic and poignant poetry.
Harry Baker has always loved words. He's been blessed enough to travel round the world with them, winning the Poetry SlamWorld Cup in 2012 and currently using a maths degree as an excuse to live in Germany and find heaps more new words to play with. After two 5-star Edinburgh Fringe festival shows and almost growing a beard once, the next adventure is having his first book released in April this year.
https://twitter.com/harrybakerpoet
At TEDxExeter 2014 our speakers and performers connected us with other worlds. Our talks exposed corruption in big business, shared effective approaches to tackling social inequality and gave a voice to those whose human rights are under threat. We explored the impact of fast changing technologies on all our lives. We journeyed through fire and forest to frozen landscapes. We were challenged to consider worlds of extremes, cutting edge controversies and risky opportunities.
Video Production Chromatrope (http://chromatrope.co.uk/)
Production ManagerAndy Robertson (http://www.youtube.com/familygamertv)
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Watch this slam-winning performance from Antosh Wocjik, joint winner of the 2013RoundhousePoetry Slam.
Each year the UK's hottest up-and-coming lyrical athletes flextheir poetic muscles in a war of words, vying for the title of 2013 Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion and the Colin & Helen David Prize.
This August, a host of London's finest young performance poets went head to head in front of sold-out live audiences and an expert panel in two Slam heats, and the toughest competitors brought their A-game to the Grand Final as the 2013 title race was decided.
The competition was judged and compered by top UK poets and guest performers John Berkavitch, Daniel Cockrill, Stephanie Dogfoot, Zena Edwards, Kat Francois and Polarbear.
The Roundhouse is grateful to Colin & Helen David for their generous support of its PoetryProgramme.
You can also find clips of performances by joint winner Ronak Patani and runner-up Ben Norris, as well as the full video of the Slam Final on the Roundhouselondon YouTube channel.

published:03 Sep 2013

views:131602

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Performing for Toronto during semis at the 2014 National Poetry Slam.
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In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In this video ProfessorAngelou recites her poem, "And Still I Rise," from her volume of poetry And Still I Rise, published in 1978.

published:06 Apr 2007

views:2951582

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Brenna Twohy, performing for Portland, OR at the 2014 National Poetry Slam.
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published:17 Aug 2014

views:1615180

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? by Emily Dickinson.
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
About the poem - "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" is a short lyric poem by Emily Dickinson first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2. It is one of Dickinson's most popular poems. The poem is composed of two quatrains, and, with an exception of the first line, the rhythm alternates between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. The poem employs alliteration, anaphora, simile, satire, and internal rhyme but no regular end rhyme scheme. However, lines 1 and 2 and lines 6 and 8 end with masculine rhymes. The poet incorporates the pronouns you, we, us, your into the poem, and in doing so, draws the reader into the piece. The poem suggests anonymity is preferable to fame. The poem was first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2, a collection of Dickinson's poems assembled and edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
About the poet - Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 -- May 15, 1886) was a very prolific private American poet. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality.
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Poetry reading

A poetry reading is a public oral recitation or performance of poetry. A public reading is typically given on a small stage in a café or bookstore, although reading by prominent poets frequently are booked into larger venues such as amphitheaters and college auditoriums, to accommodate crowds. Unless otherwise indicated in advance, poetry readings almost always involve poets reading their own work or reciting it from memory—the recitation of a work by another poet is normally the act of a well-known poet who chooses to read a few poems by lesser-known poets or old friends that the poet feels should be more widely recognized. Poetry readings often involve several readers (often called "featured poets" or "featureds"), although normally one poet is chosen as a "headliner."

History

American poet Donald Hall described the increase in emphasis on public readings of poetry in the United States in a 2012 New Yorker magazine blog post where he recounted it a phenomenon that grew in the last half of the twentieth century. Hall, who speculates that the change may have been due to the star power of Dylan Thomas, wrote, "It used to be that one poet in each generation performed poems in public. In the twenties, it was Vachel Lindsay, who sometimes dropped to his knees in the middle of a poem. Then Robert Frost took over, and made his living largely on the road." Hall suggests that poetry readings have shifted the focus of poetry more towards sound, adding that "In concentrating on sound, as in anything else, there are things to beware of. Revising a poem one morning, I found myself knowing that a new phrase was repellent, but realized it would pass if I intoned it out loud. Watch out. A poem must work from the platform but it must also work on the page.".

Poetry slam

A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work. These performances are usually judged by selected members of the audience or by a panel of judges.

History

American poet Marc Smith is credited with starting the poetry slam at the Get Me High Lounge in Chicago in November 1984. In July 1986, the slam moved to its permanent home, the Green Mill Jazz Club. In August 1988, the first poetry slam was held in New York City at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe and hosted by Bob Holman. In 1990, the first National Poetry Slam took place in Fort Mason, San Francisco, involving a team from Chicago, a team from San Francisco, and an individual poet from New York. Soon afterward, poetry slam had become so popular that people were able to make full-time careers as slam poets; they traveled around the country and performed.

In 2001, the September 11 attacks actually had an interesting impact on poetry slam. This was because many performers were stuck in cities they had been performing in before the attack, and they could not get home because flights were down. After the attacks, a new wave of poetry slam started within New York City with the focus on the community of poets coming together to speak about and try to understand the terrorist attacks.

Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words, or to evoke emotive responses. Devices such as assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia and rhythm are sometimes used to achieve musical or incantatory effects. The use of ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leaves a poem open to multiple interpretations. Similarly figures of speech such as metaphor, simile and metonymy create a resonance between otherwise disparate images—a layering of meanings, forming connections previously not perceived. Kindred forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm.

Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actor, director, and producer who has worked in films and on television. She has often been cited as one of the best actresses of her generation.

Foster began her career at the age of three as a child model in 1965, and two years later moved to acting in television series with an appearance in the sitcom Mayberry R.F.D.. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she worked in several primetime television series and starred in children's films. Foster's breakthrough came in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), in which she played a teenage prostitute; the role garnered her a nomination for an Academy Award. Her other critically acclaimed roles as a teenager were in the musical Bugsy Malone (1976) and the thriller The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), and she became a popular teen idol by starring in Disney's Freaky Friday (1976), Candleshoe (1977) and Foxes (1980).

Lily Myers - "Shrinking Women" (CUPSI 2013)

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Lily Myers, performing for Wesleyan University at the 2013College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. This poem was awarded Best LovePoem at the tournament.
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1:46

I Carry Your Heart With Me by E.E.Cummings - Poetry Reading

I Carry Your Heart With Me by E.E.Cummings - Poetry Reading

I Carry Your Heart With Me by E.E.Cummings - Poetry Reading

I Carry Your HeartWith Me -- A poem by E.E.Cummings.
About the poet -- Edward Estlin Cummings (1894 -- 1962) was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Cummings' poetry often deals with themes of love and nature, as well as the relationship of the individual to the masses and to the world. Modernism prevailed major part of his work.
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14:06

Grand Slam Poetry Champion | Harry Baker | TEDxExeter

Grand Slam Poetry Champion | Harry Baker | TEDxExeter

Grand Slam Poetry Champion | Harry Baker | TEDxExeter

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. From primes to proper pop-up purple paper people, Harry Baker performs his a pun-tastic and poignant poetry.
Harry Baker has always loved words. He's been blessed enough to travel round the world with them, winning the Poetry SlamWorld Cup in 2012 and currently using a maths degree as an excuse to live in Germany and find heaps more new words to play with. After two 5-star Edinburgh Fringe festival shows and almost growing a beard once, the next adventure is having his first book released in April this year.
https://twitter.com/harrybakerpoet
At TEDxExeter 2014 our speakers and performers connected us with other worlds. Our talks exposed corruption in big business, shared effective approaches to tackling social inequality and gave a voice to those whose human rights are under threat. We explored the impact of fast changing technologies on all our lives. We journeyed through fire and forest to frozen landscapes. We were challenged to consider worlds of extremes, cutting edge controversies and risky opportunities.
Video Production Chromatrope (http://chromatrope.co.uk/)
Production ManagerAndy Robertson (http://www.youtube.com/familygamertv)
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Roundhouse Poetry Slam 2013 Winner: Antosh Wojcik

Watch this slam-winning performance from Antosh Wocjik, joint winner of the 2013RoundhousePoetry Slam.
Each year the UK's hottest up-and-coming lyrical athletes flextheir poetic muscles in a war of words, vying for the title of 2013 Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion and the Colin & Helen David Prize.
This August, a host of London's finest young performance poets went head to head in front of sold-out live audiences and an expert panel in two Slam heats, and the toughest competitors brought their A-game to the Grand Final as the 2013 title race was decided.
The competition was judged and compered by top UK poets and guest performers John Berkavitch, Daniel Cockrill, Stephanie Dogfoot, Zena Edwards, Kat Francois and Polarbear.
The Roundhouse is grateful to Colin & Helen David for their generous support of its PoetryProgramme.
You can also find clips of performances by joint winner Ronak Patani and runner-up Ben Norris, as well as the full video of the Slam Final on the Roundhouselondon YouTube channel.

3:30

Sabrina Benaim - "Explaining My Depression to My Mother"

Sabrina Benaim - "Explaining My Depression to My Mother"

Sabrina Benaim - "Explaining My Depression to My Mother"

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Performing for Toronto during semis at the 2014 National Poetry Slam.
Subtítulos en español por Candela Glikin
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Subtitles in Spanish by Candela Glikin.
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Button Poetry is committed to developing a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion and fundraising for spoken word and performance poetry.
We seek to showcase the power and diversity of voices in our community. By encouraging and broadcasting the best and brightest performance poets of today, we hope to broaden poetry's audience, to expand its reach and develop a greater level of cultural appreciation for the art form.

And Still I Rise

In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In this video ProfessorAngelou recites her poem, "And Still I Rise," from her volume of poetry And Still I Rise, published in 1978.

2:57

Brenna Twohy - "Fantastic Breasts and Where To Find Them" (NPS 2014)

Brenna Twohy - "Fantastic Breasts and Where To Find Them" (NPS 2014)

Brenna Twohy - "Fantastic Breasts and Where To Find Them" (NPS 2014)

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Button Poetry is committed to developing a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion and fundraising for spoken word and performance poetry.
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0:46

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? By Emily Dickinson - Poetry Reading

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? By Emily Dickinson - Poetry Reading

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? By Emily Dickinson - Poetry Reading

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? by Emily Dickinson.
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
About the poem - "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" is a short lyric poem by Emily Dickinson first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2. It is one of Dickinson's most popular poems. The poem is composed of two quatrains, and, with an exception of the first line, the rhythm alternates between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. The poem employs alliteration, anaphora, simile, satire, and internal rhyme but no regular end rhyme scheme. However, lines 1 and 2 and lines 6 and 8 end with masculine rhymes. The poet incorporates the pronouns you, we, us, your into the poem, and in doing so, draws the reader into the piece. The poem suggests anonymity is preferable to fame. The poem was first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2, a collection of Dickinson's poems assembled and edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
About the poet - Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 -- May 15, 1886) was a very prolific private American poet. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality.
For more videos log onto http://www.youtube.com/pearlsofwisdom
Also find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pearlsofwisdomchannel
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ASMR ~ear to ear~ poetry reading | softly whispered

**There is an abrupt ending because YouTube didn't let me go over 15 min- even though my account is allowed to :/
ALSO, THANK YOU MY LOVES FOR 100,000 SUBSCRIBERS LIKE WHAT THAT IS CRAZY, SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY, THANKYOUU
Please enjoy my wooing you with words, all poetry belongs to Lang Leav, please check her work out 😊💕
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Tumblr: www.thepainofstars.tumblr.com

Katie Makkai - Pretty

Katie Makkai, a veteran poetry slammer - defining the word "pretty".
Transcript can be found here: http://dianasmanylifetimes.blogspot.com/2010/11/katie-makkai-pretty.html
http://www.now.org/organization/conference/2011/speakers.html
Since I have a life and stuff, it may be several couple days (or months) before I approve comments. Comments are moderated thanks to the many anti-woman jackholes that attempt to troll the comments.

Live from the Roundhouse: Poetry Slam Grand Final 2014

Check out some of the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word as the finalists competed for the coveted title of RoundhousePoetry SlamChampion 2014.
The Roundhouse Poetry Slam is one of the major highlights of our calendar – this is set to be the biggest final yet! Come and see the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word compete for the Colin and Helen David Prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2014.

Lily Myers - "Shrinking Women" (CUPSI 2013)

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Lily Myers, performing for Wesleyan University at the 2013College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. This poem was awarded Best LovePoem at the tournament.
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published: 18 Apr 2013

I Carry Your Heart With Me by E.E.Cummings - Poetry Reading

I Carry Your HeartWith Me -- A poem by E.E.Cummings.
About the poet -- Edward Estlin Cummings (1894 -- 1962) was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Cummings' poetry often deals with themes of love and nature, as well as the relationship of the individual to the masses and to the world. Modernism prevailed major part of his work.
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published: 07 Jun 2012

Grand Slam Poetry Champion | Harry Baker | TEDxExeter

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. From primes to proper pop-up purple paper people, Harry Baker performs his a pun-tastic and poignant poetry.
Harry Baker has always loved words. He's been blessed enough to travel round the world with them, winning the Poetry SlamWorld Cup in 2012 and currently using a maths degree as an excuse to live in Germany and find heaps more new words to play with. After two 5-star Edinburgh Fringe festival shows and almost growing a beard once, the next adventure is having his first book released in April this year.
https://twitter.com/harrybakerpoet
At TEDxExeter 2014 our speakers and performers connected us with other worlds. Our talks exposed corruption in big business, shared effective approaches to...

I Want To Buy A Sloth With You (Original Poem) Hilarious!

Roundhouse Poetry Slam 2013 Winner: Antosh Wojcik

Watch this slam-winning performance from Antosh Wocjik, joint winner of the 2013RoundhousePoetry Slam.
Each year the UK's hottest up-and-coming lyrical athletes flextheir poetic muscles in a war of words, vying for the title of 2013 Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion and the Colin & Helen David Prize.
This August, a host of London's finest young performance poets went head to head in front of sold-out live audiences and an expert panel in two Slam heats, and the toughest competitors brought their A-game to the Grand Final as the 2013 title race was decided.
The competition was judged and compered by top UK poets and guest performers John Berkavitch, Daniel Cockrill, Stephanie Dogfoot, Zena Edwards, Kat Francois and Polarbear.
The Roundhouse is grateful to Colin & Helen David for their...

Button Poetry First Readings - Kait Rokowski - "A Good Day"

And Still I Rise

In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In this video ProfessorAngelou recites her poem, "And Still I Rise," from her volume of poetry And Still I Rise, published in 1978.

published: 06 Apr 2007

Brenna Twohy - "Fantastic Breasts and Where To Find Them" (NPS 2014)

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Brenna Twohy, performing for Portland, OR at the 2014 National Poetry Slam.
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Button Poetry is committed to developing a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion and fundraising for spoken word and performance poetry.
We seek to showcase the power and diversity of voices in our community. By encouraging and broadcasting the best and brightest performance poets of today, we hope to broaden poetry's audience, to expand its reach and develop a greater level of cultural appreciation for the...

published: 17 Aug 2014

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? By Emily Dickinson - Poetry Reading

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? by Emily Dickinson.
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
About the poem - "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" is a short lyric poem by Emily Dickinson first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2. It is one of Dickinson's most popular poems. The poem is composed of two quatrains, and, with an exception of the first line, the rhythm alternates between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. The poem employs alliteration, anaphora, simile, satire, and internal rhyme but no regular end rhyme scheme. However, lines 1 and 2 and lines 6 and 8 end with masculine rhymes. The poet incorporates the pronoun...

ASMR ~ear to ear~ poetry reading | softly whispered

**There is an abrupt ending because YouTube didn't let me go over 15 min- even though my account is allowed to :/
ALSO, THANK YOU MY LOVES FOR 100,000 SUBSCRIBERS LIKE WHAT THAT IS CRAZY, SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY, THANKYOUU
Please enjoy my wooing you with words, all poetry belongs to Lang Leav, please check her work out 😊💕
Social media: (all accounts are personal and aren't associated with ASMR)
Instagram: hannahjduke
Tumblr: www.thepainofstars.tumblr.com

Katie Makkai - Pretty

Katie Makkai, a veteran poetry slammer - defining the word "pretty".
Transcript can be found here: http://dianasmanylifetimes.blogspot.com/2010/11/katie-makkai-pretty.html
http://www.now.org/organization/conference/2011/speakers.html
Since I have a life and stuff, it may be several couple days (or months) before I approve comments. Comments are moderated thanks to the many anti-woman jackholes that attempt to troll the comments.

published: 03 Nov 2007

Poetry Readings From the Cellar

Live from the Roundhouse: Poetry Slam Grand Final 2014

Check out some of the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word as the finalists competed for the coveted title of RoundhousePoetry SlamChampion 2014.
The Roundhouse Poetry Slam is one of the major highlights of our calendar – this is set to be the biggest final yet! Come and see the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word compete for the Colin and Helen David Prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2014.

SupportButtonPoetry! Check out our newest project: http://bit.ly/buttonlive
Subscribe to Button! New video daily: http://bit.ly/buttonpoetry
Buy Shrinking Women and more work by Lily Myers and other poets
in VIRAL, an eBook anthology by Button Poetry: http://buttonpoetry.com/product/viral-pre-order/
Follow Lily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lmyerspoetry
Check out more of Lily's work at: http://shapeswemake.tumblr.com/
Lily Myers, performing for Wesleyan University at the 2013College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. This poem was awarded Best LovePoem at the tournament.
Like these videos? Like Button Poetry on facebook: http://facebook.com/buttonpoetry

SupportButtonPoetry! Check out our newest project: http://bit.ly/buttonlive
Subscribe to Button! New video daily: http://bit.ly/buttonpoetry
Buy Shrinking Women and more work by Lily Myers and other poets
in VIRAL, an eBook anthology by Button Poetry: http://buttonpoetry.com/product/viral-pre-order/
Follow Lily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lmyerspoetry
Check out more of Lily's work at: http://shapeswemake.tumblr.com/
Lily Myers, performing for Wesleyan University at the 2013College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. This poem was awarded Best LovePoem at the tournament.
Like these videos? Like Button Poetry on facebook: http://facebook.com/buttonpoetry

I Carry Your HeartWith Me -- A poem by E.E.Cummings.
About the poet -- Edward Estlin Cummings (1894 -- 1962) was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Cummings' poetry often deals with themes of love and nature, as well as the relationship of the individual to the masses and to the world. Modernism prevailed major part of his work.
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I Carry Your HeartWith Me -- A poem by E.E.Cummings.
About the poet -- Edward Estlin Cummings (1894 -- 1962) was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Cummings' poetry often deals with themes of love and nature, as well as the relationship of the individual to the masses and to the world. Modernism prevailed major part of his work.
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Grand Slam Poetry Champion | Harry Baker | TEDxExeter

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. From primes to proper pop-up purple paper people, Harry Baker performs...

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. From primes to proper pop-up purple paper people, Harry Baker performs his a pun-tastic and poignant poetry.
Harry Baker has always loved words. He's been blessed enough to travel round the world with them, winning the Poetry SlamWorld Cup in 2012 and currently using a maths degree as an excuse to live in Germany and find heaps more new words to play with. After two 5-star Edinburgh Fringe festival shows and almost growing a beard once, the next adventure is having his first book released in April this year.
https://twitter.com/harrybakerpoet
At TEDxExeter 2014 our speakers and performers connected us with other worlds. Our talks exposed corruption in big business, shared effective approaches to tackling social inequality and gave a voice to those whose human rights are under threat. We explored the impact of fast changing technologies on all our lives. We journeyed through fire and forest to frozen landscapes. We were challenged to consider worlds of extremes, cutting edge controversies and risky opportunities.
Video Production Chromatrope (http://chromatrope.co.uk/)
Production ManagerAndy Robertson (http://www.youtube.com/familygamertv)
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. From primes to proper pop-up purple paper people, Harry Baker performs his a pun-tastic and poignant poetry.
Harry Baker has always loved words. He's been blessed enough to travel round the world with them, winning the Poetry SlamWorld Cup in 2012 and currently using a maths degree as an excuse to live in Germany and find heaps more new words to play with. After two 5-star Edinburgh Fringe festival shows and almost growing a beard once, the next adventure is having his first book released in April this year.
https://twitter.com/harrybakerpoet
At TEDxExeter 2014 our speakers and performers connected us with other worlds. Our talks exposed corruption in big business, shared effective approaches to tackling social inequality and gave a voice to those whose human rights are under threat. We explored the impact of fast changing technologies on all our lives. We journeyed through fire and forest to frozen landscapes. We were challenged to consider worlds of extremes, cutting edge controversies and risky opportunities.
Video Production Chromatrope (http://chromatrope.co.uk/)
Production ManagerAndy Robertson (http://www.youtube.com/familygamertv)
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Watch this slam-winning performance from Antosh Wocjik, joint winner of the 2013RoundhousePoetry Slam.
Each year the UK's hottest up-and-coming lyrical athletes flextheir poetic muscles in a war of words, vying for the title of 2013 Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion and the Colin & Helen David Prize.
This August, a host of London's finest young performance poets went head to head in front of sold-out live audiences and an expert panel in two Slam heats, and the toughest competitors brought their A-game to the Grand Final as the 2013 title race was decided.
The competition was judged and compered by top UK poets and guest performers John Berkavitch, Daniel Cockrill, Stephanie Dogfoot, Zena Edwards, Kat Francois and Polarbear.
The Roundhouse is grateful to Colin & Helen David for their generous support of its PoetryProgramme.
You can also find clips of performances by joint winner Ronak Patani and runner-up Ben Norris, as well as the full video of the Slam Final on the Roundhouselondon YouTube channel.

Watch this slam-winning performance from Antosh Wocjik, joint winner of the 2013RoundhousePoetry Slam.
Each year the UK's hottest up-and-coming lyrical athletes flextheir poetic muscles in a war of words, vying for the title of 2013 Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion and the Colin & Helen David Prize.
This August, a host of London's finest young performance poets went head to head in front of sold-out live audiences and an expert panel in two Slam heats, and the toughest competitors brought their A-game to the Grand Final as the 2013 title race was decided.
The competition was judged and compered by top UK poets and guest performers John Berkavitch, Daniel Cockrill, Stephanie Dogfoot, Zena Edwards, Kat Francois and Polarbear.
The Roundhouse is grateful to Colin & Helen David for their generous support of its PoetryProgramme.
You can also find clips of performances by joint winner Ronak Patani and runner-up Ben Norris, as well as the full video of the Slam Final on the Roundhouselondon YouTube channel.

Sabrina Benaim - "Explaining My Depression to My Mother"

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Performing for Toronto during semis at the 2014 National Poetry Slam.
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Performing for Toronto during semis at the 2014 National Poetry Slam.
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Subtitles in Spanish by Candela Glikin.
Find more videos with Spanish subs on STAIN Subs:
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And Still I Rise

In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In this video ProfessorAngelou recites her poem, "And S...

In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In this video ProfessorAngelou recites her poem, "And Still I Rise," from her volume of poetry And Still I Rise, published in 1978.

In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In this video ProfessorAngelou recites her poem, "And Still I Rise," from her volume of poetry And Still I Rise, published in 1978.

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Brenna Twohy, performing for Portland, OR at the 2014 National Poetry Slam.
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Brenna Twohy, performing for Portland, OR at the 2014 National Poetry Slam.
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I'm Nobody! Who Are You? by Emily Dickinson.
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
About the poem - "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" is a short lyric poem by Emily Dickinson first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2. It is one of Dickinson's most popular poems. The poem is composed of two quatrains, and, with an exception of the first line, the rhythm alternates between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. The poem employs alliteration, anaphora, simile, satire, and internal rhyme but no regular end rhyme scheme. However, lines 1 and 2 and lines 6 and 8 end with masculine rhymes. The poet incorporates the pronouns you, we, us, your into the poem, and in doing so, draws the reader into the piece. The poem suggests anonymity is preferable to fame. The poem was first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2, a collection of Dickinson's poems assembled and edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
About the poet - Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 -- May 15, 1886) was a very prolific private American poet. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality.
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I'm Nobody! Who Are You? by Emily Dickinson.
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
About the poem - "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" is a short lyric poem by Emily Dickinson first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2. It is one of Dickinson's most popular poems. The poem is composed of two quatrains, and, with an exception of the first line, the rhythm alternates between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. The poem employs alliteration, anaphora, simile, satire, and internal rhyme but no regular end rhyme scheme. However, lines 1 and 2 and lines 6 and 8 end with masculine rhymes. The poet incorporates the pronouns you, we, us, your into the poem, and in doing so, draws the reader into the piece. The poem suggests anonymity is preferable to fame. The poem was first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2, a collection of Dickinson's poems assembled and edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
About the poet - Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 -- May 15, 1886) was a very prolific private American poet. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality.
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ASMR ~ear to ear~ poetry reading | softly whispered

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ALSO, THANK YOU MY LOVES FOR 100,000 SUBSCRI...

**There is an abrupt ending because YouTube didn't let me go over 15 min- even though my account is allowed to :/
ALSO, THANK YOU MY LOVES FOR 100,000 SUBSCRIBERS LIKE WHAT THAT IS CRAZY, SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY, THANKYOUU
Please enjoy my wooing you with words, all poetry belongs to Lang Leav, please check her work out 😊💕
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**There is an abrupt ending because YouTube didn't let me go over 15 min- even though my account is allowed to :/
ALSO, THANK YOU MY LOVES FOR 100,000 SUBSCRIBERS LIKE WHAT THAT IS CRAZY, SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY, THANKYOUU
Please enjoy my wooing you with words, all poetry belongs to Lang Leav, please check her work out 😊💕
Social media: (all accounts are personal and aren't associated with ASMR)
Instagram: hannahjduke
Tumblr: www.thepainofstars.tumblr.com

Katie Makkai, a veteran poetry slammer - defining the word "pretty".
Transcript can be found here: http://dianasmanylifetimes.blogspot.com/2010/11/katie-makkai-pretty.html
http://www.now.org/organization/conference/2011/speakers.html
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Katie Makkai, a veteran poetry slammer - defining the word "pretty".
Transcript can be found here: http://dianasmanylifetimes.blogspot.com/2010/11/katie-makkai-pretty.html
http://www.now.org/organization/conference/2011/speakers.html
Since I have a life and stuff, it may be several couple days (or months) before I approve comments. Comments are moderated thanks to the many anti-woman jackholes that attempt to troll the comments.

Check out some of the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word as the finalists competed for the coveted title of RoundhousePoetry SlamChampion 2014.
The Roundhouse Poetry Slam is one of the major highlights of our calendar – this is set to be the biggest final yet! Come and see the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word compete for the Colin and Helen David Prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2014.

Check out some of the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word as the finalists competed for the coveted title of RoundhousePoetry SlamChampion 2014.
The Roundhouse Poetry Slam is one of the major highlights of our calendar – this is set to be the biggest final yet! Come and see the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word compete for the Colin and Helen David Prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2014.

A Middle English reading of "My love is falle upon a may"

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My love is falle upon a may:
For love of hire I defende this day.
Love aunterus no man forsaket:
It woundet sore whan it him taket.
Love aunterus may haven no reste:
Whare thought is newe, ther love is faste.
Love anterus with wo is bought:
Ther love is trewe, it flitteth nought.

Whispered ASMR reading of Lolita by Nabokov

Whsipered ASMR reading of Lolita. Apologies about the harsh plosive sounds of Ps. I have no pop filter :( . Anyhow...Hope you like it. Let me know if you'd like the next chapter.

published: 19 Feb 2018

ASMR Poetry: In An Artist's Studio - Christina Rossetti

In an Artist's Studio - Christina Rossetti, 1856
One face looks out from all his canvasses,
One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans;
We found her hidden just behind those screens,
That mirror gave back all her loveliness.
A queen in opal or in ruby dress,
A nameless girl in freshest summer greens,
A saint, an angel; – every canvass means
The same one meaning, neither more nor less.
He feeds upon her face by day and night,
And she with true kind eyes looks back on him
Fair as the moon and joyful as the light;
Not wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim;
Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright;
Not as she is, but as she fills his dream.

published: 19 Feb 2018

ASMR Poetry: Astrophel and Stella Sonnet 47 - Sir Philip Sidney

Astrophel (Astrophil) and StellaSonnet 47 - Sir Philip Sidney, 1580s
What, have I thus betrayed my liberty?
Can those black beams such burning marks engrave
In my free side? or am I born a slave,
Whose neck becomes such yoke of tyranny?
Or want I sense to feel my misery?
Or sprite, disdain of such disdain to have?
Who for long faith, though daily help I crave,
May get no alms but scorn of beggary.
Virtue, awake! Beauty but beauty is;
I may, I must, I can, I will, I do
Leave following that which it is gain to miss.
Let her go. Soft, but here she comes. Go to,
Unkind, I love you not! O me, that eye
Doth make my heart give to my tongue the lie!

published: 19 Feb 2018

ASMR Poetry: When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be - Keats

When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be - John Keats, 1848
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

published: 19 Feb 2018

ASMR Poetry: Surprised by Joy William Wordsworth

Surprised by Joy - William Wordsworth, 1815
Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind
I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom
But Thee, long buried in the silent Tomb,
That spot which no vicissitude can find?
Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind—
But how could I forget thee?—Through what power,
Even for the least division of an hour,
Have I been so beguiled as to be blind
To my most grievous loss!—That thought’s return
Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore,
Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,
Knowing my heart’s best treasure was no more;
That neither present time, nor years unborn
Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.

A Middle English reading of "My love is falle upon a may"

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My love is falle upon a may:
For love of hire I defende this day.
Love aunteru...

Subscribe for more poetry readings and other literary videos uploaded regularly.
My love is falle upon a may:
For love of hire I defende this day.
Love aunterus no man forsaket:
It woundet sore whan it him taket.
Love aunterus may haven no reste:
Whare thought is newe, ther love is faste.
Love anterus with wo is bought:
Ther love is trewe, it flitteth nought.

Subscribe for more poetry readings and other literary videos uploaded regularly.
My love is falle upon a may:
For love of hire I defende this day.
Love aunterus no man forsaket:
It woundet sore whan it him taket.
Love aunterus may haven no reste:
Whare thought is newe, ther love is faste.
Love anterus with wo is bought:
Ther love is trewe, it flitteth nought.

In an Artist's Studio - Christina Rossetti, 1856
One face looks out from all his canvasses,
One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans;
We found her hidden just behind those screens,
That mirror gave back all her loveliness.
A queen in opal or in ruby dress,
A nameless girl in freshest summer greens,
A saint, an angel; – every canvass means
The same one meaning, neither more nor less.
He feeds upon her face by day and night,
And she with true kind eyes looks back on him
Fair as the moon and joyful as the light;
Not wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim;
Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright;
Not as she is, but as she fills his dream.

In an Artist's Studio - Christina Rossetti, 1856
One face looks out from all his canvasses,
One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans;
We found her hidden just behind those screens,
That mirror gave back all her loveliness.
A queen in opal or in ruby dress,
A nameless girl in freshest summer greens,
A saint, an angel; – every canvass means
The same one meaning, neither more nor less.
He feeds upon her face by day and night,
And she with true kind eyes looks back on him
Fair as the moon and joyful as the light;
Not wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim;
Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright;
Not as she is, but as she fills his dream.

Astrophel (Astrophil) and StellaSonnet 47 - Sir Philip Sidney, 1580s
What, have I thus betrayed my liberty?
Can those black beams such burning marks engrave
In my free side? or am I born a slave,
Whose neck becomes such yoke of tyranny?
Or want I sense to feel my misery?
Or sprite, disdain of such disdain to have?
Who for long faith, though daily help I crave,
May get no alms but scorn of beggary.
Virtue, awake! Beauty but beauty is;
I may, I must, I can, I will, I do
Leave following that which it is gain to miss.
Let her go. Soft, but here she comes. Go to,
Unkind, I love you not! O me, that eye
Doth make my heart give to my tongue the lie!

Astrophel (Astrophil) and StellaSonnet 47 - Sir Philip Sidney, 1580s
What, have I thus betrayed my liberty?
Can those black beams such burning marks engrave
In my free side? or am I born a slave,
Whose neck becomes such yoke of tyranny?
Or want I sense to feel my misery?
Or sprite, disdain of such disdain to have?
Who for long faith, though daily help I crave,
May get no alms but scorn of beggary.
Virtue, awake! Beauty but beauty is;
I may, I must, I can, I will, I do
Leave following that which it is gain to miss.
Let her go. Soft, but here she comes. Go to,
Unkind, I love you not! O me, that eye
Doth make my heart give to my tongue the lie!

When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be - John Keats, 1848
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be - John Keats, 1848
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

Surprised by Joy - William Wordsworth, 1815
Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind
I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom
But Thee, long buried in the silent Tomb,
That spot which no vicissitude can find?
Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind—
But how could I forget thee?—Through what power,
Even for the least division of an hour,
Have I been so beguiled as to be blind
To my most grievous loss!—That thought’s return
Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore,
Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,
Knowing my heart’s best treasure was no more;
That neither present time, nor years unborn
Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.

Surprised by Joy - William Wordsworth, 1815
Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind
I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom
But Thee, long buried in the silent Tomb,
That spot which no vicissitude can find?
Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind—
But how could I forget thee?—Through what power,
Even for the least division of an hour,
Have I been so beguiled as to be blind
To my most grievous loss!—That thought’s return
Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore,
Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,
Knowing my heart’s best treasure was no more;
That neither present time, nor years unborn
Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.

Poetry Readings From the Cellar

Live from the Roundhouse: Poetry Slam Grand Final 2014

Check out some of the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word as the finalists competed for the coveted title of RoundhousePoetry SlamChampion 2014.
The Roundhouse Poetry Slam is one of the major highlights of our calendar – this is set to be the biggest final yet! Come and see the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word compete for the Colin and Helen David Prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2014.

Open Mic Poetry Reading

published: 07 May 2015

POEMS OF WILLIAM BLAKE - FULL Audio Book - Songs of Innocence and of Experience & The Book of Thel

Poems of William Blake by William Blake (1757-1827) - FULL Audio Book - Songs of Innocence and of Experience & The Book of Thel
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two ContraryStates of the HumanSoul are two books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. Although Songs of Innocence was first published by itself in 1789, it is believed that Songs of Experience has always been published in conjunction with Innocence since its completion in 1794.
Songs of Innocence mainly consists of poems describing the innocence and joy of the natural world, advocating free love and a closer relationship with God, and most famously including Blake's poem The Lamb. Its poems have a generally light, upbeat and pastoral feel and are typically written from the perspect...

Check out some of the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word as the finalists competed for the coveted title of RoundhousePoetry SlamChampion 2014.
The Roundhouse Poetry Slam is one of the major highlights of our calendar – this is set to be the biggest final yet! Come and see the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word compete for the Colin and Helen David Prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2014.

Check out some of the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word as the finalists competed for the coveted title of RoundhousePoetry SlamChampion 2014.
The Roundhouse Poetry Slam is one of the major highlights of our calendar – this is set to be the biggest final yet! Come and see the best up-and-coming talent in spoken word compete for the Colin and Helen David Prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2014.

Poems of William Blake by William Blake (1757-1827) - FULL Audio Book - Songs of Innocence and of Experience & The Book of Thel
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two ContraryStates of the HumanSoul are two books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. Although Songs of Innocence was first published by itself in 1789, it is believed that Songs of Experience has always been published in conjunction with Innocence since its completion in 1794.
Songs of Innocence mainly consists of poems describing the innocence and joy of the natural world, advocating free love and a closer relationship with God, and most famously including Blake's poem The Lamb. Its poems have a generally light, upbeat and pastoral feel and are typically written from the perspective of children or written about them.
Directly contrasting this, Songs of Experience instead deals with the loss of innocence after exposure to the material world and all of its mortal sin during adult life, including works such as The Tyger. Poems here are darker, concentrating on more political and serious themes. Throughout both books, many poems fall into pairs, so that a similar situation or theme can be seen in both Innocence and Experience. Many of the poems appearing in Songs of Innocence have a counterpart in Songs of Experience with opposing perspectives of the world. The disastrous end of the French Revolution caused Blake to lose faith in the goodness of mankind, explaining much of the volume's sense of despair. Blake also believed that children lost their innocence through exploitation and from a religious community which put dogma before mercy. He did not, however, believe that children should be kept from becoming experienced entirely. In truth, he believed that children should indeed become experienced but through their own discoveries, which is reflected in a number of these poems. Blake believed that innocence and experience were "the two contrary states of the human soul", and that true innocence was impossible without experience.
The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably worked on in the period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and is relatively short and easy to understand, compared to his later prophetic books. The metre is a fourteen-syllable line. It was preceded by Tiriel, which Blake left in manuscript. A few lines from Tiriel were incorporated into The Book of Thel. This book consists of eight plates executed in illuminated printing. 15 copies of original print of 1789-1793 are known. Two copies have watermark of 1815, which are more elaborately colored than the others. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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TotalRunning Time: 00:55:00; read by Sam Stinson.
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Poems of William Blake by William Blake (1757-1827) - FULL Audio Book - Songs of Innocence and of Experience & The Book of Thel
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two ContraryStates of the HumanSoul are two books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. Although Songs of Innocence was first published by itself in 1789, it is believed that Songs of Experience has always been published in conjunction with Innocence since its completion in 1794.
Songs of Innocence mainly consists of poems describing the innocence and joy of the natural world, advocating free love and a closer relationship with God, and most famously including Blake's poem The Lamb. Its poems have a generally light, upbeat and pastoral feel and are typically written from the perspective of children or written about them.
Directly contrasting this, Songs of Experience instead deals with the loss of innocence after exposure to the material world and all of its mortal sin during adult life, including works such as The Tyger. Poems here are darker, concentrating on more political and serious themes. Throughout both books, many poems fall into pairs, so that a similar situation or theme can be seen in both Innocence and Experience. Many of the poems appearing in Songs of Innocence have a counterpart in Songs of Experience with opposing perspectives of the world. The disastrous end of the French Revolution caused Blake to lose faith in the goodness of mankind, explaining much of the volume's sense of despair. Blake also believed that children lost their innocence through exploitation and from a religious community which put dogma before mercy. He did not, however, believe that children should be kept from becoming experienced entirely. In truth, he believed that children should indeed become experienced but through their own discoveries, which is reflected in a number of these poems. Blake believed that innocence and experience were "the two contrary states of the human soul", and that true innocence was impossible without experience.
The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably worked on in the period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and is relatively short and easy to understand, compared to his later prophetic books. The metre is a fourteen-syllable line. It was preceded by Tiriel, which Blake left in manuscript. A few lines from Tiriel were incorporated into The Book of Thel. This book consists of eight plates executed in illuminated printing. 15 copies of original print of 1789-1793 are known. Two copies have watermark of 1815, which are more elaborately colored than the others. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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01 -- Songs of Innocence - 00:00:10
02 -- Songs of Experience - 00:19:47
03 -- The Book of Thel 00-04 -- 00:43:56
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Lily Myers - "Shrinking Women" (CUPSI 2013)

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I Carry Your Heart With Me by E.E.Cummings - Poetry Reading

I Carry Your Heart With Me -- A poem by E.E.Cummings.
About the poet -- Edward Estlin Cu...

I Carry Your Heart With Me by E.E.Cummings - Poetry Reading

I Carry Your HeartWith Me -- A poem by E.E.Cummings.
About the poet -- Edward Estlin Cummings (1894 -- 1962) was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Cummings' poetry often deals with themes of love and nature, as well as the relationship of the individual to the masses and to the world. Modernism prevailed major part of his work.
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Grand Slam Poetry Champion | Harry Baker | TEDxExeter

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. ...

Grand Slam Poetry Champion | Harry Baker | TEDxExeter

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. From primes to proper pop-up purple paper people, Harry Baker performs his a pun-tastic and poignant poetry.
Harry Baker has always loved words. He's been blessed enough to travel round the world with them, winning the Poetry SlamWorld Cup in 2012 and currently using a maths degree as an excuse to live in Germany and find heaps more new words to play with. After two 5-star Edinburgh Fringe festival shows and almost growing a beard once, the next adventure is having his first book released in April this year.
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Sylvia Plath Reading Her Poetry

Caedmon TC 1544. Sylvia Plath reads her poetry. This selection is from side two of the alb...

Roundhouse Poetry Slam 2013 Winner: Antosh Wojcik

Watch this slam-winning performance from Antosh Wocjik, joint winner of the 2013RoundhousePoetry Slam.
Each year the UK's hottest up-and-coming lyrical athletes flextheir poetic muscles in a war of words, vying for the title of 2013 Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion and the Colin & Helen David Prize.
This August, a host of London's finest young performance poets went head to head in front of sold-out live audiences and an expert panel in two Slam heats, and the toughest competitors brought their A-game to the Grand Final as the 2013 title race was decided.
The competition was judged and compered by top UK poets and guest performers John Berkavitch, Daniel Cockrill, Stephanie Dogfoot, Zena Edwards, Kat Francois and Polarbear.
The Roundhouse is grateful to Colin & Helen David for their generous support of its PoetryProgramme.
You can also find clips of performances by joint winner Ronak Patani and runner-up Ben Norris, as well as the full video of the Slam Final on the Roundhouselondon YouTube channel.

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Sabrina Benaim - "Explaining My Depression to My Mother"

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Sabrina Benaim - "Explaining My Depression to My Mother"

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Performing for Toronto during semis at the 2014 National Poetry Slam.
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Button Poetry First Readings - Kait Rokowski - "A Good Day"

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And Still I Rise

In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In this video ProfessorAngelou recites her poem, "And Still I Rise," from her volume of poetry And Still I Rise, published in 1978.

Brenna Twohy - "Fantastic Breasts and Where To Find Them" (NPS 2014)

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I'm Nobody! Who Are You? By Emily Dickinson - Poetry Reading

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? by Emily Dickinson.
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too...

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? By Emily Dickinson - Poetry Reading

I'm Nobody! Who Are You? by Emily Dickinson.
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
About the poem - "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" is a short lyric poem by Emily Dickinson first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2. It is one of Dickinson's most popular poems. The poem is composed of two quatrains, and, with an exception of the first line, the rhythm alternates between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. The poem employs alliteration, anaphora, simile, satire, and internal rhyme but no regular end rhyme scheme. However, lines 1 and 2 and lines 6 and 8 end with masculine rhymes. The poet incorporates the pronouns you, we, us, your into the poem, and in doing so, draws the reader into the piece. The poem suggests anonymity is preferable to fame. The poem was first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2, a collection of Dickinson's poems assembled and edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
About the poet - Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 -- May 15, 1886) was a very prolific private American poet. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality.
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ASMR ~ear to ear~ poetry reading | softly whispered

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A Middle English reading of "My love is falle upon a may"

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My love is falle upon a may:
For love of hire I defende this day.
Love aunterus no man forsaket:
It woundet sore whan it him taket.
Love aunterus may haven no reste:
Whare thought is newe, ther love is faste.
Love anterus with wo is bought:
Ther love is trewe, it flitteth nought.

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Ancient City Poets 2018

A little taste of the Ancient City Poets. They kicked off the new year with a reading on J...

ASMR Poetry: In An Artist's Studio - Christina Rossetti

In an Artist's Studio - Christina Rossetti, 1856
One face looks out from all his canvasses,
One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans;
We found her hidden just behind those screens,
That mirror gave back all her loveliness.
A queen in opal or in ruby dress,
A nameless girl in freshest summer greens,
A saint, an angel; – every canvass means
The same one meaning, neither more nor less.
He feeds upon her face by day and night,
And she with true kind eyes looks back on him
Fair as the moon and joyful as the light;
Not wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim;
Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright;
Not as she is, but as she fills his dream.

ASMR Poetry: Astrophel and Stella Sonnet 47 - Sir Philip Sidney

Astrophel (Astrophil) and StellaSonnet 47 - Sir Philip Sidney, 1580s
What, have I thus betrayed my liberty?
Can those black beams such burning marks engrave
In my free side? or am I born a slave,
Whose neck becomes such yoke of tyranny?
Or want I sense to feel my misery?
Or sprite, disdain of such disdain to have?
Who for long faith, though daily help I crave,
May get no alms but scorn of beggary.
Virtue, awake! Beauty but beauty is;
I may, I must, I can, I will, I do
Leave following that which it is gain to miss.
Let her go. Soft, but here she comes. Go to,
Unkind, I love you not! O me, that eye
Doth make my heart give to my tongue the lie!

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ASMR Poetry: When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be - Keats

When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be - John Keats, 1848
When I have fears that I may ...

ASMR Poetry: When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be - Keats

When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be - John Keats, 1848
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

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ASMR Poetry: Surprised by Joy William Wordsworth

Surprised by Joy - William Wordsworth, 1815
Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind
I tur...

ASMR Poetry: Surprised by Joy William Wordsworth

Surprised by Joy - William Wordsworth, 1815
Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind
I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom
But Thee, long buried in the silent Tomb,
That spot which no vicissitude can find?
Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind—
But how could I forget thee?—Through what power,
Even for the least division of an hour,
Have I been so beguiled as to be blind
To my most grievous loss!—That thought’s return
Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore,
Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,
Knowing my heart’s best treasure was no more;
That neither present time, nor years unborn
Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.